head of her .army. The Commander-in-Chief of the French army was until recently General Michel. Late one evening General Michel was removed from the post, and General Joffre appointed to take his place. At the next Cabinet Council' the new Comander-in-Chief’s appointment was signed, and the army of France got a strong man at its head. - General Joffre is a.-Tough, steel-nerved old 1 soldier, who has proved his worth. France does not want to fight. But- those who govern France were anxious to show England, the friend, and Germany, the possible enemy, that her defences were well oiled and in'good working order. They have done so speedily, and rather well.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19110923.2.63.4
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3330, 23 September 1911, Page 7
Word count
Tapeke kupu
110Page 7 Advertisements Column 4 Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3330, 23 September 1911, Page 7
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in